Explain which strategy you are using and why you are using it. I am using The Sentence note taking method. The Sentence note taking method is simply writing down each topic as a jot note sentence. This method works well for fast paced lessons where a lot of information is being covered. I am using it because there was a lot of information covered and I need to make a substantial note in order to remember the key points I felt was important. Main Topic From 1789 to 1832 scientists discovered, implemented, adjusted, developed series of atoms and suggestion that were used in the formation of nuclear weapon the remaining piece of the fission/atomic bomb concept was provided in 1939 by Francis Perrin. This gave a rise to Nuclear powers, causing …show more content…
However, Germany's invasion of Russia in 1941 turned much of this fundamental research to potential military applications. The MAUD committee A group of eminent scientists known as the MAUD Committee was set up in Britain and supervised research at the Universities of Birmingham, Bristol, Cambridge, Liverpool and Oxford. Two important developments came from the work at Cambridge. 1. The first was experimental proof that a chain reaction could be sustained with slow neutrons in a mixture of uranium oxide and heavy water, i.e. the output of neutrons was greater than the input. 2. The second was by Bracher and Feather based on earlier work by Halban and Kowarski soon after they arrived in Britain from Paris. Towards, the end of 1940 remarkable progress had been made by the several groups of scientists coordinated by the MAUD Committee and for the expenditure of a relatively small amount of money. By March 1941 one of the most uncertain pieces of information was confirmed. The final outcome of the MAUD Committee was two summary reports in July 1941. 1. One was on 'Use of Uranium for a Bomb' and the other was on 'Use of Uranium as a Source of …show more content…
Little emphasis was given to the bomb concept until 7 December 1941, when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor and the Americans entered the war directly. Rise of Nuclear power • The first atomic device tested successfully at Alamagordo in New Mexico on 16 July 1945. • The second bomb, containing Pu-239, was dropped on Nagasaki on 9 August. • The test of the first US atomic bomb in July 1945 • The bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki the following month which gave the program a high profile and construction began in November 1945 • The first nuclear reactor to produce electricity (albeit a trivial amount) was the small Experimental Breeder reactor (EBR-1) designed and operated by Argonne National Laboratory and sited in Idaho, USA. The reactor started up in December 1951. • USS Nautilus was launched in 1954. In 1959 both USA and USSR launched their first nuclear-powered surface vessels. • In 1959 both USA and USSR launched their first nuclear-powered surface vessels. THE FALL OF NUCLEAR POWER • From the late 1970s to about 2002 the nuclear power industry suffered some decline and